ThePhotoStick

[Dangerous Thinking]

Hi, I found this earlier.

 

https://getphotostick.io/blog-if-you-love-photography-this-device-was-made-for-you/?lpid=831&utm_source=9171&utm_medium=pre14&utm_term=477&utm_content=&utm_campaign=0&aff_id=9171&camp_id=0&sub_id=pre14&req_id=173c40a8595d427bae49e87069c0405e&contract_id=0&oid=477&device_type=PC&country_name=United Kingdom&gulang=en

 

It seems like a pointless product, the biggest one is 128GB, that is only 10,000 12MP pictures, for $80!

The author sounds like someone who doesn't understand how folders work, also she goes on about how hard it is to back up photos and how she has tonnes of duplicates.

What is so hard about plugging in an SD card and copying the files, this looks like marketing dressed up as personal experience.

 

The company states "never worry about losing files in the cloud" as if storing them on a USB stick is any better, cloud providers have redundant copies of everything.

 

https://getphotostick.io/offer-01/?guu=43ef0b8a-df08-4993-b963-b52296d6ea3d&gucurrency=usd&gucountry=us&gulanguage=en&lpid=831&utm_source=9171&utm_medium=pre14&utm_term=477&utm_content=&utm_campaign=0&aff_id=9171&camp_id=0&sub_id=pre14&req_id=173c40a8595d427bae49e87069c0405e&contract_id=0&oid=477&device_type=PC&country_name=United Kingdom&gulang=en&br=ThePhotoStick&imor=0

 

Personally I would buy a couple 2TB HDD and mirror one to the other, plug in an SD card and copy the files.

What do you guys think?

 

[TukangUsapEmenq]

Well, an USB drive that small (not 'small' but you know how small a thumb drive is) is just ridiculously easy to lost if you're the same people who would pour their dang coffee on their laptop, either. It's inevitable no matter how you'd try, sometimes it just happens.

 

Agree with you, rather to go for NAS actually for long-term storage.

[ProjectBox153]

That is literally just a cheap USB flash drive that you can get custom printed. I know because I got one about 9 years ago as a promotion with my name on it.

[Bombastinator]

17 minutes ago, dhannemon13 said:

Well, an USB drive that small (not 'small' but you know how small a thumb drive is) is just ridiculously easy to lost if you're the same people who would pour their dang coffee on their laptop, either. It's inevitable no matter how you'd try, sometimes it just happens.

 

Agree with you, rather to go for NAS actually for long-term storage.

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[Dangerous Thinking]

I agree about the NAS, still not perfect though. I have a file server in my shed, which is all well and good till the shed burns down.

I've been thinking about taking an old thin-client and setting it up as an FTP server, connecting a couple 2TB drives in RAID1 and storing it at my grandmother's house.

Something to consider when I start taking decent photos